Long baseline neutrino experiments, mass hierarchy and delta(CP)
Abstract
We investigate the possibilities offered by the long baseline experiments T2K, Noa, LBNE and LAGUNA for the evaluation of the neutrino mass hierarchy and CP violating phase . We consider a neutrino and antineutrino energy in the interval [0.5,12] GeV. It is found that the clearest possible distinction between the two hierarchy signatures is provided by LAGUNA for an (anti)neutrino energy GeV in the disappearance channel. For LBNE at GeV the channel may also provide a distinction, although not so clear, and for Noa this may be even less clear. These results are essentially the same for the first and second octant solutions. As for determination, LAGUNA also offers the best chances at GeV in the channel with in either octant. Regarding nonstandard interactions, the best possibility for their investigation resides in Noa whose source-far detector distance can become a magic baseline if the hierarchy is normal for channels , , with energy (8.9-9.1) GeV, (11.6-12) GeV, (8.8-12) GeV. If the hierarchy is inverse, magic baselines for Noa occur for , , and with energy (11.8-12) GeV, (8.9-12.3) GeV, (8.8-8.9) GeV. For LAGUNA a magic baseline appears for the channel only at (4.7-5.0) GeV in inverse hierarchy. We have also investigated a possible complementarity between T2K and Noa.
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@article{arxiv.1302.0779,
title = {Long baseline neutrino experiments, mass hierarchy and delta(CP)},
author = {C. R. Das and Joao Pulido},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0779},
year = {2013}
}
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26 pages, 10 figures